Rondo is getting way too cocky and is over passing. He had an easy layup and passed it out to Pierce for a 3. I have noticed that Rondo is letting all this praise get to his head. The C's are playing too sloppy and act like they can beat these lower tier teams with little effort. Doc should really lay into Rondo about his showboating play. Just my observation.

Rondo is getting way too cocky and is over passing. He had an easy layup and passed it out to Pierce for a 3. I have noticed that Rondo is letting all this praise get to his head. The C's are playing too sloppy and act like they can be these lower tier teams with little effort. Doc should really lay into Rondo about his showboating play. Just my observation.Posted by paesan59

The Celtics looked awful tonight. If this keeps up we are going to have some rough nights ahead. They overpass to a fault but beyond that teams that work the three point line like the Knicks are able to get good shots again and again. The Knicks are either better than I thought or the Celtics are not as good.

Ray was absolutely invisible tonight. His lack of consistency will be something to watch from game to game. Delonte West better stay sane we will need him.

Rondo needs to stop the fantasy game or we're going to be doomed for sure when the playoffs start! He's just being awful and inconsistent as a PG.

On the other hand: WOW, just WOW! Have you people seen how Glen Davis is playing? He looks like a different person now, it's unbelievable how much he has improved his game. We really should keep that guy in the Celtics, he will be an awesome player if he keeps improving like that.

Rondo does look like he has a chip on his shoulder. I think that chip is clouding his decision-making. He made some horrible decisions in the first half. He missed several layups and still had a triple double. In the post-game interview, when asked about his assists, he joked about throwing the ball to THEM more than he would have liked. Rondo should have easily had 30 assists had he not been hot-dogging it.

Are we being too hard on him or should we simply say he had a triple double so his game was close to perfect? It's amazing what the numbers say compared to watching his performance tonight. Strange.

Bottom line, we won. Now, here we go with the O'Neals. What's the deal with them? JON sat out the game and Shaq left the game not to return. Can't wait to see what the deal is with these guys.

I have to agree with you about Rondo's inconsistent shot tonight. Nate also seems to be off with his shooting as well. The team looked out of sync all night and as far as I could see was incredibly lucky to win. The West-Wafer dust up may have had an effect on them, and if it is not the reason this team

played so poorly it is going to have a rough time the next few games as the schedule is murder.

Rondo does look like he has a chip on his shoulder. I think that chip is clouding his decision-making. He made some horrible decisions in the first half. He missed several layups and still had a triple double. In the post-game interview, when asked about his assists, he joked about throwing the ball to THEM more than he would have liked. Rondo should have easily had 30 assists had he not been hot-dogging it. Are we being too hard on him or should we simply say he had a triple double so his game was close to perfect? It's amazing what the numbers say compared to watching his performance tonight. Strange. Bottom line, we won. Now, here we go with the O'Neals. What's the deal with them? JON sat out the game and Shaq left the game not to return. Can't wait to see what the deal is with these guys. Also, way too many minutes for Rondo, Pierce and Allen.Posted by Petey62

shines01, I am a huge Rondo fan but I'm not the only one (nor the first to mention) on this thread who believes Rondo is playing too cocky. He's hot-dogging it and trying to make unnecessary moves that get him in trouble. Instead of hot-dogging it and being too cocky, simply lay the ball in the hoops. The guy is standing under the basket all alone and he throws it out to Pierce by the 3-point line for a more difficult shot.

So I guess you believe he's playing at an MVP level, huh? I'm stating facts and if you read some of the other posts, you'll see that it's just not me who feels this way.

However, if you accuse me of being "anti-Rondo", you are free to voice your opinion. It's just more obvious that JON has played two bad games or I guess you'd be calling me anti-JON too, huh?

No, I don't really think you're anti anybody. Jermaine is not a Celtic yet. He hasn't subordinated his own game for the team yet, but he will.

Those are valid points you made about the kicks.....even in the second half.

No I never said he was at MVP level. But I have said many times he will be. The first six posessions were atrocious. He will overcome all of that and his instncts for the game will eventually overtake his guessing or caring about how many assists he gets. For god sake he had a triple double with 24 assists. It's gonna be a beautiful thing to watch. He doesn't have far to go.

More than once the C's had the ball under the basket and they passed it out to someone beyond the 3 point line who shot the ball. That totally goes against basic basketball fundamentals. The C's did make a lot of unnecessary passes, which led to several turnovers. The C's are playing ok, but they need to cut down on the turnovers. On the positive, K.G is really jumping well again. It's good to see. Pierce is playing well as well as B.B and Rondo. Shaq has been solid which is all we can expect from him for his age.

In Response to Re: Celtics-Knicks : Well they better hurry as the Heat have gotten it together fast after their loss here soundly defeating the Magic by 26 tonight. That was a fast recovery!Posted by Mployee8

Rashard Lewis going 0-9 from the field and only 2 pts is not going to get it done. I don't know what happened to VC but he only scored 4 pts. Of course the Magic are going to lose if they play that way.

Before the season started I said the Heat are going to be the best team in the regular season. I don't think the Celtics really need to get the #1 seed in the east. What's more important is the key players of the Celtics are healthy come playoff time. If the Celtics end up the #2 seed that's good enough.

It will jell together give it a chance please...remember all thecritics last season never would have thought the C's would have madeit to the finals and played 7 games....so let up and let themwork it out. Go C's and congrats on the game last night.